[Adopted as §§ 13-31, 13-32
and 18-1 of the 1977 Code]
[Amended by Ord. No. 81-41; Ord. No. 83-44; Ord. No. 90-6]
A.
It shall be unlawful for the owner, agent or occupant
of any house, warehouse, store or other building, and the grounds
belonging thereto or occupied by the same, or the owner of any vacant
lot within the City limits, to place, or permit to be placed upon
or in the street, sidewalk, parking area, or gutter next to or on
such property:
(1)
Any refuse, matter, garbage, debris or other like
substances. Any permanent or temporary structure, mechanism, device,
or other thing of any kind or character, except as expressly authorized
by ordinance, without permission of the governing body except as set
forth below:
(a)
Those items properly packaged and or piled awaiting
Sanitation Department collection and removal. Items placed for scheduled
weekly collection and removal shall not be placed for collection more
than twenty-four hours prior to scheduled collection.
(b)
Street trees and landscaping planted pursuant to the
provisions of applicable ordinances.
(2)
Snow and ice:
(a)
Snow and ice may be piled in or on curbing and utility
easement areas, provided that such piling does not block sidewalks,
fire hydrants, driveways, create a traffic or visibility hazard, or
damage street trees or landscaping in the easement area. Snow and
ice shall not be placed in the street except as provided below.
(b)
If it is not possible to dispose of snow and ice in
the manner prescribed by subsection B(1) snow may be placed in the
street only if such action is consistent with the snow removal policy
of the City.
(3)
Sidewalks in front of and adjoining such property
shall be kept clean as required in this section and, after any fall
of snow, shall cause the same to be removed as soon as practical (within
twenty-four hours, generally) from the sidewalk fronting and adjoining
said property.
B.
Any person failing to comply with the requirements
of this section may, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not more
than seven hundred fifty dollars for each offense and shall be required
to pay the costs of removal of any items listed in this section where
such removal is by order of the police department
[Amended by Ord. No. 81-41]
Any person who shall leave open any cellar door,
pit or vault or other subterranean opening on any highway or sidewalk,
or shall allow the same to be kept or left open or to be in an insecure
condition, so that passers-by shall fall into or will be in danger
of falling into such cellar, pit, vault or other subterranean opening,
or who shall allow any sidewalk in front of the premises owned or
occupied by such person to become or continue so broken as to endanger
life or limb, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not
more than seven hundred fifty dollars.
[Amended by Ord. No. 83-7]
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect
any bay window which shall project over the sidewalk within the limits
of the City, more than twenty-four inches, and no part of such bay
window shall be less than ten feet above the grade of the sidewalk.
It shall be unlawful to construct store fronts or other show windows
within the limits of the City which shall project onto any sidewalk
beyond the property line.
[Added by Ord. No. 84-33]
B.
The time specified in the notice to appear must be
at least five days after the alleged violation.
C.
The notice to appear shall state the place to appear
and the name of the court and judge at said place to appear before.
D.
The person charged with the violation may give his
written promise to appear in court by signing at least one copy of
the written citation prepared by a building or public works inspector.
E.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate his
written promise to appear given to a building or public works inspector
upon issuance of a citation under this section regardless of the disposition
of the charge for which such citation was originally issued; provided,
however, that a written promise to appear in court may be complied
with by an appearance by counsel.
F.
The foregoing provisions of this section shall not
be exclusive of any other method prescribed by law for the prosecution
of a person for the violation hereof.
